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KATIE MCLEESE STEPHENSON

Nonpartisan office
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Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) — Dist. 6 · School Board · committee: KATIE FOR LPS
Total raised (NADC)
$19,760
Sum of receipts filed with NADC for 2015–16 cycle. Data synced 2026-10-24.
Head-to-head
⚔ Head-to-head vs MATTHEW SCHULTE
Default opponent: general-election opponent once nominees are set, otherwise the top-raising opposing-party candidate (nonpartisan races: top-raising other candidate).

Where the money came from

Source typeAmountShare
Organization & committee contributions (itemized ties)$23,710120.0%
Individuals & all other receipts$00.0%
Source: Nebraska Accountability & Disclosure Commission (NADC) filings, 2015–16 cycle.

In-state vs out-of-state

Nebraska: $19,760 (100.0%) · Out of state: $0 (0.0%)
Itemized receipts with an address only. Only state totals are shown; no ZIP-level figures, so no ZIP with fewer than 5 donors can be identified.

Outside spending (independent expenditures)

Supporting: $0 · Opposing: $0
None reported.
Plains Ledger independent-expenditure import. Spending is counted separately for each candidate it names: one ad backing one candidate and opposing another is reported for both, and these totals are not added together.

Top organization & PAC contributors

OrganizationTypeDirect
LINCOLN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (union)PAC$6,000
LINCOLN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (LEA PAC) (union)PAC$6,000
NEBRASKA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PAC (union)PAC$5,260
📌NEBRASKA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NSEA) (union)501(c)(5) union$5,100
LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATSParty committee$500
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTY FEDERAL ACCOUNT C00003988Party committee$350
LINCOLN BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL (union)501(c)(5) union$250
LINCOLN LANCASTER COUNTY COPE (union)501(c)(5) union$250
Organizations only. Individual donors are never named, and conduits such as ActBlue and WinRed are not listed as donors. Pinned organizations are always shown.

Funding by funder type

All organization ties in filings (direct, in-kind and independent expenditures), grouped by the funder type assigned from the filer record. Click a group to see its members, amounts and filings. Individuals are never named.
Labor / unions · 4 · $22,360
LINCOLN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION · PAC · Direct$6,000filings ↗
LINCOLN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (LEA PAC) · PAC · Direct$6,000filings ↗
NEBRASKA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PAC · PAC · Direct$5,260filings ↗
NEBRASKA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NSEA) · 501(c)(5) union · Direct$5,100filings ↗
Small PACs & organizations (under $1,000 each) · 4 · $1,350
LANCASTER COUNTY DEMOCRATS · Party committee · Direct$500filings ↗
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATIC PARTY FEDERAL ACCOUNT C00003988 · Party committee · Direct$350
LINCOLN BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL · 501(c)(5) union · Direct$250filings ↗
LINCOLN LANCASTER COUNTY COPE · 501(c)(5) union · Direct$250filings ↗

Filings & sources

Payments to vendors

Top payee organizations this candidate's committee reported paying in this period (FEC/NADC expenditure filings, as of 2026-10-27). Lawful, itemized disclosures; not an indication of wrongdoing. Payments to individuals are aggregated. All vendors · rules

No itemized vendor payments over the listing threshold in this period's filings.